‘You’re ringing an old lady in outback Queensland for life advice’: travellers worried about floods skip AI and pick up the phone

Flooding across the state’s north and west blocks roads and cuts off towns at a time of year when so many are on holidaysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOver the weekend, Narelle Hetherington got a call from a couple planning a more than 1,000km trip across Queensland. The drive would see them pass through Winton, where Hetherington runs a motel – the couple wanted a room.“I’m like, ‘mate, the roads are all cut off out here,’” Hetherington says. Continue reading...